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Michael Ovitz

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You know, meatball stripes.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

When we did Casino or Goodfellas with Marty, not interested in your politics.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

We just want you to watch the movie and enjoy it.

The Knowledge Project
Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

So we didn't enter political discussions.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I didn't even allow political discussions to take place in meetings.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I didn't want to get involved with our clients' politics.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You know, it's a great question because I just had this debate at lunch today.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I'll give you the analogy.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

First of all, the answer is I don't ever in technology count anything.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

So could it happen?

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Absolutely, because the technology is actually there to do it.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Netflix has already done experiments with you change the ending.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Here's four different endings.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

You put your own ending on the film.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

But I think that the reality is

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

Of all of this, we see a little bit now in AI.

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I think when you go to the AI websites, I think the different AI companies have the personalities of the engineers that are

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

programming them and i think you see that bias in the information you're given you sure saw it in the early days oh definitely yeah i think they just do a better job of hiding it but i think it's still there how do you manage to keep up with the information flow how do you prioritize i don't i don't i'm overwhelmed do you have i have in my office right now here in new york

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

my office at home in my office in the in on madison avenue stacks of articles to read and treatises and thought pieces i'm on the council of foreign relations i never get to finish the monthly as much as i want to i i got articles from the atlantic stripped out of the magazine sitting in a pile i'm overwhelmed with information and um

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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships

I love discovery.